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On this day fifty years ago was the release of the Beatles’ eighth studio album, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. It would go on to win four Grammy Awards the following year, including Album of the Year and was the first rock album to receive this title.

After retiring from touring in 1966, the Beatles felt they could experiment more in their recordings as they would no longer be expected to reproduce the songs on stage. Sgt. Pepper would become an early concept album and would continue the development of the Beatles’ sound. In 2003 Rolling Stone magazine ranked it number one in its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

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I am an ex-teacher having taught Ancient and Modern History, Social Science and Computing (weird combo ... hey) in the NSW (Australian) education system. I completed my degree at the same time as Maxx, but majored more in Modern History and Political Science before doing a Graduate Dip. Ed. and teaching. I have a strong interest in military history (all periods) but love reading about all aspects of history (you might call me a history junkie). I believe learning should be a life long pursuit and that the study of history is integral to the development of a mature, modern 'thinking' and 'questioning' society.